BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Pages 680-681.

ZACHARIAH SUTTON
 
One of the early settlers of Belmont county was Zachariah Sutton, a native of
New Jersey, and son of Jonathan and Hannah (Hayden) Sutton. Richard Sutton,
now a venerable resident of this county, is a son of the marriage of Zachariah
Sutton to Nancy King, who was born in Maryland, a daughter of John and Dorothy
(Hall) King. Richard was married in 1848 to Nancy Harvey, who was born in Bel-
mont county in 1829, the daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Thompson) Harvey.
By this union he has had eleven children, ten of whom are living: Ira R., Mary;
James, deceased; John V., Nancy E., Margaret, Richard D., Chester, Ida, Bertha
and William. Mrs. Sutton, dead for a number of years, was a devoted member of
the United Presbyterian church. Mr. Sutton received a good education in his
youth, and after he was through attending school in the log house used for
that purpose he taught two terms in that primitive academy. He has served his
township as assessor in 1871 and during one term. As a farmer he has been
prosperous and his farm one of the finest in the township, embracing 179 acres.
This land is underlaid by valuable deposits of coal, and perhaps oil or gas.